Census Family Structure Including Stepfamily Status (9) and Number and Age Combinations of Children (29) for Census Families with Children in Private Households of Census Metropolitan Areas, Tracted Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts, 2016 Census - 100% Data

This table details census family structure including stepfamily status and number and age combinations of children for census families with children in private households in 0154.00

Census family structure including stepfamily status (9)	Number and age combinations of children (29)
	Total - Census families with children	Families with children aged 25 and over only	Families with at least one child aged 0 to 24 years	1 child (aged 0 to 24 years)	0 to 5 years	6 to 14 years	15 to 17 years	18 to 24 years	2 children, of which at least one is aged 0 to 24 years	Both aged 0 to 5 years	Both aged 6 to 14 years	Both aged 15 to 17 years	Both aged 18 to 24 years	One aged 0 to 5 years and one aged 6 to 14 years	One aged 6 to 14 years and one aged 15 to 17 years	One aged 15 to 17 years and one aged 18 to 24 years	One aged 18 to 24 years and one aged 25 years and over	Other age combinations of children	3 or more children, of which at least one is aged 0 to 24 years	All aged 0 to 5 years	All aged 6 to 14 years	All aged 15 to 17 years	All aged 18 to 24 years	Some aged 0 to 5 years and some aged 6 to 14 years	Some aged 6 to 14 years and some aged 15 to 17 years	Some aged 15 to 17 years and some aged 18 to 24 years	Some aged 18 to 24 years and some aged 25 years and over	Other age combinations of children	Average number of children, all ages
Total - Census family structure^Footnote 1	1,800	135	1,670	600	240	140	80	145	755	200	160	15	30	155	85	50	20	40	320	25	50	0	10	125	35	10	5	60	1.8
Couple census families with children^Footnote 2	1,430	70	1,355	440	200	90	50	95	645	185	125	15	30	135	60	45	15	30	270	25	35	0	5	115	30	15	5	45	1.9
Intact families	1,200	60	1,140	370	195	65	35	70	570	185	105	15	20	120	55	40	15	20	205	25	35	0	5	90	15	10	0	20	1.8
Stepfamilies^Footnote 3	225	10	210	70	5	25	15	30	75	5	20	0	5	15	10	10	0	10	65	5	5	0	0	30	10	0	0	20	2.1
Simple stepfamilies	125	10	115	70	5	25	15	25	40	0	10	0	5	5	5	5	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.4
Complex stepfamilies	95	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	35	5	10	0	0	10	5	5	0	5	60	0	0	0	0	30	10	0	0	20	2.8
Lone-parent census families	375	60	315	165	40	55	25	50	110	10	35	0	5	20	20	5	5	10	50	0	10	0	0	15	5	0	0	15	1.6
Male lone-parent census families	85	15	70	45	10	10	10	15	25	0	10	0	5	5	10	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.4
Female lone-parent census families	295	45	245	120	30	45	20	30	85	10	30	0	0	15	10	5	5	5	40	0	10	0	0	15	5	0	0	15	1.7

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

For more information, refer to the Census Dictionary: Census family structure.

Footnote 2

For more information about intact families and stepfamilies, refer to the Census Dictionary: Stepfamily status of couple family with children.

Footnote 3

For more information about simple and complex stepfamilies, refer to the Census Dictionary: Relationship structure of stepfamily.

Data quality note(s) – 0154.00

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Default. Not applicable.
• Short-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), short-form census questionnaire: 3.5%.
• Short-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a short-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016026.